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BALING PRESS. No. 396,096. Patented Jan. 15,, l889.

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PATENT BALlNG-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,096, dated January 15, 1889. Application filed February 11, 1888. Serial No. 263,701. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VINFIELD S. LIVEN- GOOD, of Kansas City, Jackson county, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baling-Presses, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates, particularly, to a novel construction of the baling-chamber of a press, and to devices for feeding the material thereto; and it may be said to consist in the devices and the combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings which illustrate the manner of carrying out my invention, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a press having my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view enlarged of an endless chain used in making up the invention. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the front bearings of the endless chains taken on line 00 as, Fig. 2. Fig. f is a detail view of a plunger. Fig. 5 is a broken longitudinal section through the press. 6 is a rear view of the press, the supporting-wheels being removed. Fig. 7 is a detail view in perspective illustrating the action of the devices used in depressing the material at the forward end of the baling-chamber. Fig. 8 is a detail view showing a portion of a bar or needle used in making up the invention, and Fig. 9 is a detail view showing the construction of the endless chain.

At the beginning of this description I de sire to state that my present invention may be construed as an improvement on the press shown and described in my United States Patent No. 375,078, dated December 20, 1887.

Referring again to the drawings, A indicates the hopper for receiving the loose material.

B is the press-box into which the loose ma terial is fed and pressed.

C is the baling-chamber into which the material is deposited during the pressing operation.

H represents one or more endless chains or belts, which are located on opposite sides of the baling-chamber for the purpose of retarding the issue therefrom of the bale, and the teeth 2 of which engage with said bale or with the pressed'material and prevent the same from expanding in either direction until securely tied, as indicated more clearly in Fig. 5. Said chains extend longitudinally of the baling-chamber from end to end thereof preferably, and are mounted upon sprocket wheels H, so that they may travel along with the moving material, said sprocket-wheels being in turn mounted upon vertical shafts I and I, arranged at the forward and rear ends of said baling-chamber, as shown. Said sprock et-wheels are covered and protected by suit able casings, C, the casings at one end being firmly connected to those at the other by means of rods D and bars of wood, L, the latter having a groove, L, in their faces for the reception of the projectingportions 50 on the back of the chain-links. Sufficient friction is imparted to the sprocket-wheels by nut K, which is threaded on the upper end of forward vertical shaft, I, thereby forming, in conjunction with casings C and block J, suitable brakes for regulating the friction imparted to the sprocket-wheels.

I prefer to arrange two endless chains in a vertical plane with relation to each other upon opposite sides of the baling-chamber, and this is the construction I herewith illustrate.

The sprocket-wheels at the forward end of the baling-chamber are held at proper distance' from each other by means of a block of suitable material, J, which is located upon vertical shaft I between two of said sprocketwheels, and receives the pressure exerted by nut K, which latter is to be screwed down, so as to press the outer shell of casing G, or any device which may be inserted between the sprocket-wheels and said nut, firmly against said sprocket wheels, and thereby cause them to impart the necessary amount of resistance to the chains and to the material in or issuing from the said balingchamber. The press-box B can be made of sheet-steel or any suitable material, and the top and bottom of the baling-chamber O are securely fastened thereto in any desired way.

My preferred construction for the balingchamber consists simply of atop and bottom,

so that the sides will be left open, except the space that is taken up by the endless chains and their connections.

The feeding-apron F is pivoted or hinged at its lower end to the upper side of the plunger G; and a swinging stirrup consisting of horizontal bar 11" and a pair of end bars, 8, having one end connected to the bar F and the other pivoted to the sides of the hopper, supports said apron in o erative position, the body of said apron being adapted to slide back and forth upon said. bar F during operation. For the purpose of holding the under side of said apron in proper position with relation to bar F, a hook, ii, has its rear end firmly secured to the under side of said apron and its free end extends forward a little distance. The operation of this c011- struction will be described further on. For the purpose of depressing the projecting in aterial at the top of the forward end of the baling-chamber plunger G withdrawn, and so that said material will be pre. ed downwardly and into the baling-chamber at the next stroke of the plunger, I locate a bar or roller, 12, at such point, so that it may be automatically raised up and down. The ends of said bar 1'3 extend out through the sides of the press-hox through vertical slots 11, and horizontal lovers 10 have their rear ends cured to the projecting ends of said bar 9, while their free ends re. upon the projecting ends 9 of bar 1 vertical. curved slots so being provided in opposite sides of the pressbox, through which the ends of bars F project a suflicient distance to be engaged by the free ends of levers 10, as shown more clearly in Figs. and 7. The operation of this construct-ion will also be describta'l further on.

The face of the plunger (i' is provided with one or more horizontal grooves or depressions, 2i, and its weight during operation is supported upon a roller or rollers, (1, as shown. more clearly in Figs. i and fl)uringthe operation of pressing and tying a bale a suitable bar or needle, 0, is to be inserted in said grooves 2.1 and allowed to remain and run along between two bales until the tying operation is to be done, and then said bar is to be removed and the tying material-sue]1 as wire is to be inserted in the hole or holes left by said bar. The number To in Fig.5 indicates the holes or apertures between the bales left by said bar or needle. The tying operation is tobe perli'ormed in the usual manner after the tying material has been passed between the ends of the contiguous bales.

If desired,l may form longitudinal grooves or depressions 77 in the body of the bar or needle 0, in which the tying material maybe laid during the operation oi passin it through the holes 76.

\Vith this construction the operation of the invention will be as follows: The plunger Gr being withdrawn, as indicated by dotted. lines in Fig. 5, the feeding-apron l will be raised to nearly a vertical position (by reason of the hook (3 engaging the bar 1") and ready to 'lt ceive the charge of material. The bar 1*" will also be raised, as will also the free ends of levers 10, said levers coming in contact; with projections 13 on the outside of the hopper A,

and the bar 12, located at forward end oi. baling-ehamber, will. be depressed, said projections .13 acting as tfulcrums for levers it). Thus it will be seen. that the material which would otherwise project forward at the torward end of 'the baling-chamber will be pressed downward by bar 12, so that it may be driven into said chamber at the next succeeding stroke of the plunger. The plunger now i'orced 'rearwai-dly, pressing the material in the press'box to a small compass in the usual manner, and carryin the lower ends of the apron with it until said apron assumes the position shown in Fig. towit, its body lying in a horizontal position with relation to the press-box, the curve at its free end proj ecti n g upward. This operation bein g repeated, the apron will again assume the vertical position, and so on. Meanwhile the bales that are being formed pass between the endless chains li, located on opposite sides of baling-chamber, and are engaged by the teeth 2, and backward movement is prove] died when the plunger is withdrawn.

It is evident that the tendency of the pressed material is to expand in both directions. The endless chains also prevent this, and hold the com n'essed material firmly in position until it is tied and discharged at the rear end of the baling-chamber.

It will be observed that the main object of the apron 1* is to form a support tor the loose material which is placed in. the hopper until the pl'OpUl time arrives for its discharge into the press-chan1be r, an d thcreb y preven t it from falling down behind the plunger and interlfering with. the operation oi. the press. An additional. use to which I may apply the side levers, id, is to raise and lower the machine in getting it ready for operation and in placing :it again upon. its transporting-wheels. This operation is as follows: When the press is to be used,l remove the free ends of levers 10 from the projecting ends of bar F, which maybe done by springing them outwardly and drop them. down upon the ground, as in dicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. Then by mtwing the machine forward a little way the supporting-wlmels \V will be raised from the ground and may be removed from their axles X, when by backing the machine slowly it will. be gently lowered until said axles rest upon the ground, in which position it is preferred to have the machine located during operation. 'When the machineistobe removed to another location, by simply drawing the machine forward it will. be raised until. the wheels \Y can. be replaced when said levers 10 can also be returned to their normal position bejt'ore described. The forward sprocketcasings, (1, are bolted to th sides of the press box. B by means of bolts Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A baling-press having endless belts arranged upon opposite sides of the balingchamber, and provided with teeth which engage the material while being compressed, and also prevent it from moving backward when the plunger is withdrawn, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a baling-chamber, endless chains located upon opposite sides thereof, and provided with teeth for engaging the compressed material, and brakes for controlling the movement of the chains, as set forth.

3. In a ba ling-press, a baling-chamber provided with endless chains having laterallyprojecting teeth which engage the compressed material during the passage through the chamber, substantially as described.

4;. In a baling-press, a baling-chamber provided with endless chains traveling over sprocket-wheels, in combination with brakes for regulating the friction imparted to said wheels, substantially as described.

5. In a baling-press, a pair of levers pivoted at their rear ends to a horizontal bar, said horizontal bar arranged to be moved in a vertical plane, suitable fulcruins for said levers, and devices, substantially as described, for raising and depressing the free ends of said levers, substantially as set forth.

6. In a baling-press, a feeding-apron. connected to a compressing-plunger, in combination with a feed-hopper and a press-box, levers arranged on either side of the hopper, and having their rear ends connected to a horizontal bar which extends across the hopper, and which is movable in a vertical plane, suitable fulcrums for said levers, and devices, substantially as described, connected with said apron for raising the free ends of the levers, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\VINFIELD S. LIVEN GOOD.

\Vitnesses:

S. S. MoREHoUsE, J. C. HIGDON. 

